May 29, 2022, The Ascension of the Lord

The Family Choir will be singing this Sunday, May 29, 2022 for the 11 a.m. Mass. We will meet at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday morning to get organized for the practice and then begin rehearsal at 9:30 a.m. The practice will end at 10:30 p.m. to allow for the Rosary to follow afterwards.

The music selections for the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord are found below.

CBW - Catholic Book of Worship III
GP - Glory and Praise III

Mass Parts - Please see the 2021 Mass Setting (10 page PDF file) available online. For individual pages of the PDF, or audio files of the Mass parts, please select this link which will open up a page of links to individual pages in the Mass setting, and an audio file of the corresponding keyboard accompaniment.

Entrance: GP 317 Alleluia, Alleluia, Let the Holy Anthem Rise (YouTube link)
Kyrie: link to PDF
Gloria: link to PDF

Psalm: Psalm 47 - 2012 Version - link to PDF, audio

      OR Psalm 47 - 2022 Version - link to PDF, audio

Response: God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia - link to PDF

Go, make disciples of all nations;

I am with you always, to the end of the age.

Preparation of the Gifts: GP 390 Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (YouTube link)

Holy Holy: link to PDF

Memorial Acclamation: B - When we eat this Bread... link to PDF

Amen: link to PDF
Lamb of God: link to PDF

Communion: GP 495 I Am The Living Bread (YouTube link)
                        GP 502 Seed, Scattered & Grown (YouTube link)

Recessional: GP 361 Alleluia Sing to Jesus (YouTube link)

May 15, 2022, 5th Sunday of Easter

The Family Choir will be singing Sunday, May 15, 2022 for the 11 a.m. Mass. We will meet at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday morning to get organized for the practice and then begin rehearsal at 9:30 a.m. The practice will end at 10:30 p.m. to allow for the Rosary to follow afterwards.

The music selections for the 5th Sunday of Easter are listed below.

CBW - Catholic Book of Worship III
GP - Glory and Praise III

Mass Parts - Please see the 2021 Mass Setting (10 page PDF file) available online. For individual pages of the PDF, or audio files of the Mass parts, please select this link which will open up a page of links to individual pages in the Mass setting, and an audio file of the corresponding keyboard accompaniment.

Entrance: GP 739 Sing a New Song (YouTube link)
Kyrie: link to PDF
Gloria: link to PDF

Psalm: Psalm 145 - link to PDF, audio

Response: I will bless your name forever.

Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia - link to PDF

I give you a new commandment:

love one another just as I have loved you.

Baptism: GP 391 Baptized in Water (YouTube link) (not sure whether this will be required or not, hymn is to the tune of "Morning Has Broken")

Preparation of the Gifts: GP 313 Alleluia No. 1 (also called Alleluia Gives Thanks to the Risen Lord) (YouTube link)

Holy Holy: link to PDF

Memorial Acclamation: A - We Proclaim Your Death... link to PDF

Amen: link to PDF
Lamb of God: link to PDF

Communion: GP 657 Christians Let Us Love One Another (YouTube link)
                        GP 477 See Us, Lord, About Your Altar (YouTube link)

Recessional: GP 317 Alleluia, Alleluia, Let the Holy Anthem Rise (YouTube link)

May 1, 2022, 3rd Sunday of Easter

The Family Choir will be singing Sunday, May 1, 2022 for the 11 a.m. Mass. We will meet at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday morning to get organized for the practice and then begin rehearsal at 9:30 a.m. The practice will end at 10:30 p.m. to allow for the Rosary to follow afterwards.

The transparent vinyl sheet in front of the choir area at the front has been removed. There are no longer any social distancing requirements, and no mask requirements. Choir members are welcome to join in singing for this service. Those who may prefer to sing with the choir from the pews in front of the choir are welcome to do so. If you are still concerned about COVID, please feel free to join us from the congregation.

The music selections for the 3rd Sunday of Easter and First Holy Communion are listed below.

CBW - Catholic Book of Worship III
GP - Glory and Praise III

Mass Parts - Please see the 2021 Mass Setting (10 page PDF file) available online. For individual pages of the PDF, or audio files of the Mass parts, please select this link which will open up a page of links to individual pages in the Mass setting, and an audio file of the corresponding keyboard accompaniment.

Entrance: GP 313 Alleluia No. 1 (also called Alleluia Gives Thanks to the Risen Lord) (YouTube link)
Kyrie: link to PDF
Gloria: link to PDF

Psalm: Psalm 30 - link to PDF

Response: I will extol you, Lord, for you have raised me up.

Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia - link to PDF

Christ is risen, the Lord of all creation;

he has shown pity on all people.

Preparation of the Gifts: GP 478 Bread of Life verses 1 to 3,1 (YouTube link)

Holy Holy: link to PDF

Memorial Acclamation: A - We Proclaim Your Death... link to PDF

Amen: link to PDF
Lamb of God: link to PDF

Communion: GP 511 Taste and See (YouTube link)
                        GP  512 Bread, Blest and Broken (YouTube link)

Recessional: GP 739 Sing a New Song (YouTube link)

April 17, 2022, Easter Sunday

The Family Choir will be singing Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 for the 11 a.m. Mass. We will meet at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday morning to get organized for the practice and then begin rehearsal at 9:30 a.m. The practice will end at 10:30 p.m. to allow for the Rosary to follow afterwards.

The transparent vinyl sheet in front of the choir area at the front has been removed. There are no longer any social distancing requirements, and no mask requirements. Choir members are welcome to join in singing for this service. Those who may prefer to sing with the choir from the pews in front of the choir are welcome to do so. If you are still concerned about COVID, please feel free to join us from the congregation.

The music selections for Easter Sunday are listed below.

CBW - Catholic Book of Worship III
GP - Glory and Praise III

Mass Parts - Please see the 2021 Mass Setting (10 page PDF file) available online. For individual pages of the PDF, or audio files of the Mass parts, please select this link which will open up a page of links to individual pages in the Mass setting, and an audio file of the corresponding keyboard accompaniment.

Entrance: 389 CBW Jesus Christ is Risen Today (YouTube link)
Kyrie: link to PDF
Gloria: link to PDF

Psalm: Psalm 118 - link to PDF, link to audio

Response: Blessed the one who trusts in the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia - link to PDF

Christ our Paschal Lamb, has been sacrificed;
let us feast with joy in the Lord.

Preparation of the Gifts: CBW 403 Now The Green Blade Rises (YouTube link)

Holy Holy: link to PDF

Memorial Acclamation: A - We Proclaim Your Death... link to PDF

Amen: link to PDF
Lamb of God: link to PDF

Communion: CBW 404 O Songs and Daughters (YouTube link)
                       CBW 393 Something Which is Known (YouTube link)

Recessional: GP 331 This Day Was Made by the Lord (YouTube link)

Good Friday, April 15, 2022

The Family Choir will be singing Friday, April 15, 2022 for the  3 p.m. Service.  We will meet at 1:15 p.m. on Friday afternoon to get organized for the practice and then begin rehearsal at 1:30 a.m.  The practice will end at 2:30 p.m. to leave a period of quiet before the Service begins.

 

The transparent vinyl sheet in front of the choir area at the front has been removed.  There are no longer any social distancing requirements, and no mask requirements.  Choir members are welcome to join in singing for this service.  Those who may prefer to sing with the choir from the pews in front of the choir are welcome to do so.  If you are still concerned about COVID, please feel free to join us from the congregation.

The Good Friday Service is not a Mass.  Instead, it consists of three components: the Liturgy of the Word, the Adoration of the Holy Cross, and Holy Communion.  Therefore, we won't be singing the usual parts of the Mass for Lent (except for the Gospel Acclamation), and there will be no Entrance or Recessional hymns.

The music selections for this Good Friday Service are listed below.

CBW - Catholic Book of Worship III
GP - Glory and Praise III

Mass Parts - Please see the 2021 Mass Setting available online.

Entrance:  No entrance hymn.  The priest and servers enter in silence.

First Reading:

Psalm:  Psalm 31 - link to PDF, link to audio

Response:  Father into your hands, I commend my spirit.

Second Reading:

Gospel Acclamation:  2021 Mass Setting - Lenten Gospel Acclamation

Christ became obedient for us to death, even death on a Cross.

Therefore God exalted him and gave him the name above every name.

Solemn Intercessions:  Fr. Mitch will be intoning the intercessions.  He will first intone the intention.  There will be a brief pause.  Then he will say (or sing) the prayer response.  The choir will respond with a simple sung Amen.  There are 10 intercessions in total.

Adoration of the Cross:  Fr. Mitch will process in from the back of the church with a cross veiled in a violet covering.    He will first uncover a little of the upper part of the cross.  Then he will sing, "Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world."  The choir and congregation responds "Come, let us adore."   The second time more of the cross is exposed and the refrains repeated.  Similarly, the same thing is done the third time and the entire veil is removed.  Fr. Mitch will venerate the cross and then be seated.  There will not be any veneration of the cross by the congregation at this time.  The hymn will be sung after Fr. Mitch is seated.

Hymn During Adoration of the Cross:  CBW #378 O Sacred Head Surrounded

Communion:  Fr. Mitch will prepare the bare altar for Holy Communion.  The Our Father will be receited along with additional prayers.  There will be no Lamb of God said or sung.

Communion:  CBW #379 Behold The Wood
                         CBW #380 Jesus Remember Me
                         G&P #300 Were you There

Recessional:  No recessional hymn.  The priest and servers leave in silence.

March 20, 2022, 3rd Sunday of Lent,

The Family Choir will be singing Sunday, March 6, 2022 at the 11:00 a.m. Mass.  We will meet at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday morning to get organized for the practice and then begin rehearsal at 9:30 a.m.  Rosary will begin at 10:30 a.m., and Mass will begin at at 11:00 a.m.

The transparent vinyl sheet in front of the choir area at the front has been retained for now.  There are no longer any social distancing requirements, but everyone must still wear a mask.  Cantors are allowed to sing without masks if they're 3 m away from anyone.  However, with the choir area available singing 3 m apart from each other isn't practical.  Singing and wearing a mask don't go very well together, so we're going to continue to go unmasked behind the barrier and limiting attendance to two family groups that can distance themselves 2 m apart from each other behind the transparent vinyl sheet at the front of the church.

An alternative for anyone who wishes to join, would be to sit in the front rows directly in front of the choir area.

 Hopefully, things will improve soon so that we can accomodate everyone who would like to attend in the choir area.

The music selections for this Sunday are listed below.

CBW - Catholic Book of Worship III
GP - Glory and Praise III

Mass Parts - Please see the 2021 Mass Setting available online.

Entrance:  CBW 435 - Lift High The Cross
Kyrie:  2021 Mass Setting
Gloria:  No Gloria During Lent

Psalm:  Psalm 103 - link to PDF, link to audio

Response:  The Lord is merciful and gracious.

Gospel Acclamation:  2021 Mass Setting - Lenten Gospel Acclamation

Repent, says the Lord;
    the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Preparation of the Gifts:  CBW 374 With Our God There is Mercy

Holy Holy:  2021 Mass Setting

Memorial Acclamation: C - Save Us Savior of the World...

Amen:  2021 Mass Setting
Lamb of God: 2021 Mass Setting

Communion:  GP 511 Taste & See
                         CBW 491 O Lord Hear Our Prayer

Recessional:  GP 672 Let There Be Peace on Earth

March 6, 2022, 1st Sunday of Lent

The Family Choir will be singing Sunday, March 6, 2022 at the 11:00 a.m. Mass.  We will meet at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday morning to get organized for the practice and then begin rehearsal at 9:30 a.m.  Rosary will begin at 10:30 a.m., and Mass will begin at at 11:00 a.m.

The transparent vinyl sheet in front of the choir area at the front has been retained for now.  There are no longer any social distancing requirements, but everyone must still wear a mask.  Cantors are allowed to sing without masks if they're 3 m away from anyone.  However, with the choir area available singing 3 m apart from each other isn't practical.  Singing and wearing a mask don't go very well together, so we're going to continue to go unmasked behind the barrier and limiting attendance to two family groups that can distance themselves 2 m apart from each other behind the transparent vinyl sheet at the front of the church.  Hopefully, things will improve soon so that we can accomodate everyone who would like to attend.

The music selections for this Sunday are listed below.

CBW - Catholic Book of Worship III
GP - Glory and Praise III

Mass Parts - Please see the 2021 Mass Setting available online.

Entrance:  GP 266 - Again We Keep This Solemn Fast (YouTube Link)
Kyrie:  2021 Mass Setting
Gloria:  No Gloria During Lent

Psalm:  Psalm 91 - link to PDF, link to audio

Response:  Be With Me Lord, when I am in trouble.

Gospel Acclamation:  2021 Mass Setting - Lenten Gospel Acclamation

Man does not live on bread alone,

    but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

Preparation of the Gifts:  GP 261 Ashes (YouTube Link)

Holy Holy:  2021 Mass Setting

Memorial Acclamation: C - Save Us Savior of the World...

Amen:  2021 Mass Setting
Lamb of God: 2021 Mass Setting

Communion:  GP 649 Shelter Me O God (YouTube Link)
                         GP 606 On Eagles Wings (YouTube Link)

Recessional:  #552 Take Up Your Cross (YouTube Link)